Photodynamic therapy for circumscribed choroidal haemangioma

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 531-536

  Landau, Irène M E ^a   Steen, Björn ^a   Seregard, Stefan ^a  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Choroidal haemangioma; Echography; Photodynamic therapy; Treatment; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PORPHYRINS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036772946     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2002.800513.x     Document Type: Article

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